PPP runs <i>extremely</i> slow. What's wrong?

PPP runs extremely slow. What's wrong?

Solaris 2.5.1 patch 101945-34+ has poor TCP performance over slow links,
including PPP.


Patches for this, Bug ID 1233827, are available from
http://SolDC.Sun.COM/:


  • Solaris/x86 2.5.1: 103631 (IP) and 103581 (TCP)
  • Solaris/x86 2.5: 103170 (IP) and 103448 (TCP)

Both these patches are in the Recommended Patches set.
The "showrev -p" command shows what patches you have installed.


[From Bruce Riddle's Solarisx86 PPP FAQ and Casper Dik's Solaris 2 FAQ]




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